Re: tlug: Perl linked against libc 5 & 6 on TL2.0J ??

[Rex Walters <rex@example.com>]

>>>>> Andrew S. Howell writes:  (on 12 Nov 98)

> I wonder if anyone used it like this? Of course the first question is
> if RPM itself is portable...

Yes, and yes.  Redhat for one uses it *just* like you've described, and
RPM itself is quite portable (I've even built and installed it on a
large NFS server platform I'm familiar with -- but don't tell anyone :-).

Regardless whether you like people publishing binary packages, source
RPMs and spec files are a nice and formal way way to document exactly
what you need to do to patch, compile, install, and configure software
on your platforms.  I can't tell you how many times I've been unable to
compile and install software that I *know* I had installed before
(unable to remember what little trick it was that finally got me past
the hurdle).  

I think forcing yourself to create srpms or whatever the debian
equivalent is called is probably an excellent practice.  Alas, I find I'm
still too lazy most of the time to make an srpm and just install stuff
in /usr/local.  By the time it breaks I probably want to download a
newer version anyway.

Regards,
-- 
Rex

Regards,
-- 
Rex
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